Readme file for Leighley & Oser "Representation in an Era�"
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*Software: Analysis conducted in stata 14
*The log file for the program with which we analyzed the data is a do-file with the following title: Replication do-file_Leighley Oser.do
*Data: all dta files for CCES can be accessed through the CCES dataverse (https://cces.gov.harvard.edu/data). The CCES dataverse includes ongoing updates and corrections to dta files
*The Table of content sections listed below are listed at the beginning of the do-file as well, which includes a step-by-step guide to conducting the analyses presented in the article.
*In this read me file, the CCES dataverse official citation for each dta file is listed, along with the complete file name and url.

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*TABLE OF CONTENTS 
*SECTION 1: CREATE HOUSE DTA FILES 
dta file: "house_votes_112cong_2012cces.dta"
Pettigrew, Stephen, 2013, "Roll Call Votes - 112th Congress- 2012 CCES", hdl:1902.1/20540, Harvard Dataverse, V3; house_votes_112cong_2012cces.dta [fileName]

*SECTION 2: JOIN & RECODE PART 1: ACA, KEYSTONE, KFTA 
dta file: CCES12_Common_VV.dta
Ansolabehere, Stephen; Schaffner, Brian, 2013, "CCES Common Content, 2012", hdl:1902.1/21447, Harvard Dataverse, V9.

*SECTION 3: RECODE PART 2 - CONFLICT DISTRICT CODE & JOIN DADT
dta file: Cuevas_2012-House-Candidates-by-Race.dta
Cuevas-Molina, Ivelisse; Schaffner, Brian, 2015, "CCES 2012 Supplemental Data", doi:10.7910/DVN/NI3BDE, Harvard Dataverse, V4.

*SECTION 4: ANALYSIS DOCUMENTATION
No new dta files needed.
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